Podcasts: Bill Newman

Bill Newman

The Bill Newman Show. Weekdays at 9AM. Join Bill & Monte Belmonte as they talk with news-makers, elected officials, authors, artists, poets, and ‘fish wrap’ about the day’s headlines.

Recent guests include authors Senator Elizabeth Warren (Persist); Larry Tye (Demagogue: The Life and Long Shadow of Senator Joe McCarthy); Daniel James Brown (Facing the Mountain); Chuck Collins (The Wealth Hoarders and Born on Third Base).

The Bill Newman Show 12.23

Get depressed (and fight back) with Kade Crockford, Massachusetts ACLU privacy & technology guru; lighten up with Pam Victor of the HA…

The Bill Newman Show 12.20

Mary Witt and Anand Nayak make beautiful music; curator Joan Ryan- beautiful murals she restored  make Northampton history come alive.

The Bill Newman Show 12.19.13

Aleks Kajstura, PPI Legal Director on prison gerrymandering;  Paint Box Theatre’s Tom McCabe on Santa; The Rev and the Rebbe…

The Bill Newman Show 12.18.13

NCA Executive Director Penny Burke rocks out on First Night; Katryna Nields rocks the house. And Professor Max Page throws a…

The Bill Newman Show 12.17.13

Lee Woodruff on In An Instant–the IED in Iraq that literally ripped her husband Bob, the ,ABC news anchor, apart.…

The Bill Newman Show 12.16.13

The Supreme Court’s human genome patent case with ACLU Women’s Rights Project attorney Sandra Park (who won the case), UMass…

The Bill Newman Show 12.13.13

Nation magazine correspondent & author of Dollarocracy John Nichols; Mount Holyoke College President and medical ethicist Lynn Pasquerella; filmmaker Michael Zimbalist.

The Bill Newman Show 12.12.13

Valley Gives!  Kristin Leutz and Julie Lichtenberg; Peter Blanchette & Dan Thomas; The Rev and the Rabbi.

The Bill Newman Show 12.11.13

Eureka! and Girls Inc! Leah and  Elisha ; Sarah Dunton, Suzanne Parker, Simi Hoque,& Geisha Uroza.

The Bill Newman Show 12.10.13

Dr.Ira Helfand on 2 billion lives at risk; Jane Yolen and Burleigh Muten celebrate Emily Dickinson on her birthday; & James Kichen…

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A blast that leveled an explosives plant Friday in rural Tennessee left 19 people missing and feared dead, authorities said.

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A defamation lawsuit that Drake brought against Universal Music Group was tossed out Thursday by a federal judge who said the lyrics in Kendrick Lamar's dis track "Not Like Us" were opinion.

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Troops will miss paychecks next week without action on the government shutdown

The nation's third shutdown in 12 years is once again raising anxiety levels among service members and their families because those in uniform are working without pay.